Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery / Edition 1

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Overview

Steel Wind is a piece of historical detective work that explains how Colonel Georg Bruchmuller, an obscure German artillery officer recalled from retirement, played a pivotal role in the revolution of offensive tactics that took place in 1917-18. Ironically, the methods developed by Bruchmuller ultimately were rejected by the German Army of World War II, but they were taken up and applied with a vengeance by the emerging Red Army. The Soviets further developed Bruchmuller's principles and incorporated them into their doctrine, where they remain to this day. Through Soviet doctrine, they have become fundamental to the practice of many other armies. Bruchmuller's influence in shaping the former Soviet Army has also been mirrored in the shape of those armies designed to oppose it.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780275947507
  • Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 12/8/1994
  • Series: Military Profession Series
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 1,064,798
  • Product dimensions: 6.08 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.53 (d)

Meet the Author

DAVID T. ZABECKI, an Engineer by profession, is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.

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Table of Contents

Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 1
2 Artillery Combat in the First World War 5
The Tactical and Technological Environment 5
The Phases of Artillery Use in World War I 6
3 Riga: Movement Returns to the Battlefield 21
4 The Man Who Synchronized Fire and Maneuver 27
5 Bruchmuller's Tactics 33
Neutralization 33
Organization for Combat 36
Preparation of the Battlefield 44
Combined Arms Coordination 45
Operational Security and Surprise 47
Fire Support Planning 50
6 Fire Support for Ludendorff's 1918 Offensives 63
The St. Quentin Offensive 67
The Lys Offensive 78
The Chemin des Dames Offensive 80
The Noyon Offensive 85
The Champagne-Marne Offensive 87
The Aftermath 96
7 Bruchmuller's Legacy 103
Bruchmuller's Lessons of the First World War 103
Influence on the German Army 105
Influence on the British, French, and U.S. Armies 110
Influence on the Russian and Soviet Armies 126
8 Echoes of Bruchmuller 141
9 Epilogue 149
Appendix A: The Military Career of Georg Bruchmuller 153
Appendix B: Bruchmuller's Military Decorations and Orders 155
Appendix C: Bruchmuller's World War I Staff 157
Appendix D: The Imperial German Artillery in the First World War 159
Appendix E: Glossary of World War I Era Artillery and Military Terms 171
Bibliography 177
Index 189
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